After batting for 836 minutes, Cook has broken Len Hutton’s record for the longest English test innings ever, which previously stood at 797 minutes.

Some may say that he only managed it because he played on what may be the flattest pitch of all time, but it was still a great knock – and it’s also the first time anyone has posted 263 in a Test match.

But even more remarkably, it means that Cook batted for longer than England’s combined match time at the 2014 football World Cup and the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Alastair Cook has now batted longer than the combined total match time of England at the rugby and football world cups
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You can decide whether it means cricket is great value or just really boring, but given that Cook is currently 100/1 to win Sports Personality of the Year, it might be worth lumping on him after this – he’s an Ashes winning captain too, remember!